Pie plate



' Jan. 5,1926. 1,568,696

R. M. SMYTHE PIE PLATE Filed August 1923 3n undo-1 rLZJZ.

boiling on crusts, andalso mussing discouraging pies is but little'pr Ithas-been the c to insert throu or cardboard steam the upper} theresultan in the qualit annoyance 0 provi plate p resen thereof, and ofthe same show Referring to 4 tail, the bot nated by the numera concavedside clined upwart side-wall ll) is a b( while iiar 13, said flangebeing 'run fillet l8, whic Fig. 3, wherei r-identitying the PatentedJan. 5, 1926.

U N [1' ED 5 RICHARD M. smY'rHn, or BROOKLYN, an

To all whom i Be it known 'a citizen'ot Brooklyn, 5 of New and use hichthe following 15 a full, clear, and act description.

The baking 0 10 fore been satisf t betwee not onl oven.

ties the baking 0 acticed. I

n the present art ular paper It is an ob ec de a pie pl configuration aswi ing dilliculties w sorting to the atoresai t may concern:

that I, RICHARD the Unit in the coun York, ful Improvements in lie'Plates,- 0

1''. fruit p ustom i e crust a tub to tendto p fromtrforcing the juice.out between of the pie, the drip ing t 001'. t of the present inventionto nstruction and ll overcome the foregoate of such co inn stern.

Application filed August 2, 1923. Serial No. 655,238.

ll'n'd lower crusts of the pie, wit t'loss ofjuice and deterioration andto reduce the of thejuice upon to the pie a distinctive rim formation anithout the necessity of red venting means.

T'ATES' PATENT; OFFICE.

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO HENRY H. BLACK, 01:. W YORK, N. Y

ies has not heretoa'ctory, because of the juice nity to extend partlyover said seat between the top and bottom the upper and lower crusts,thus producing loss, but

Because of these t fruit mass of crust, such as is frequently found onThe border flan or brim 1 M. Smrmn, nounced upward inclination andmerges'iued States, residing at to the'side wall 10 on adownwardlyslantconvexly curved juncture zone, whence said side wall iscontinued downwardly and inwardly ona gradual slope. The inexclinedflange or brim 12 forms an in lined seat'for the eripheral portionsofthe lower crust and a1 ows the pie-filling an opportua rim on the piesutiicient to confinethe filling but without said rim being a densepics. The lower crust or'the dough therefor takes the inclination of theflange or brim 12 and is engaged only at its outer edge the portions bythe upper crust. Thetlangeor brim 12 by having the inward and downh wardinclination and by merging on a downwardly slanting convex curvatureinto the graduall sloping side wall 10, imparts enables the convenientremoval of the pie from the plate. The pie plate is circular, as

usual. I

In Figure 2 of the drawing 1 have shown a bottom crust 17 in positionwith the filling 14 therein, the upper edge 15 of the lower A furtherobject of the invention resides crust resting on the brim portionl2 ofthe Fig.4, is a c tom 0 ed o'utwar tog I h 1 indicate more clearly n nthe two ting such a pie plate as Wll dy removal oi the pie the pie hav1nits outer edge attached in the iutilatiou.

s and advantages partuit from t hen taken in ing. drawings,erspcctiveview of a pie ted in accordance with wall by the numeral l0.

the upper edge of the )rder flange or brim 12, dly there ther bv meansof a distinct ot the in he followconnection in which:

more in late is desigl ii and its slightly dotted lines an i inbackwardly onto the top location of the fillet.

At 16 is indicated the top crust 0t plate.

usual manner crust. s

In the operationof the device, the dough having been rolled out, the pieplate is inverted over the sheet of dough and the upcr crust .cuttherefrom.

to the edge 15 of the lower This disk will the form the uppercrust 16 ofthe pie, but, of course, is not put in place until after the lower crustis put in the plate and trinuued iew oli' around the edges in the wellknown manner. The filling 14 is then inserted and dethe upper crustapplied, as indicated in Figure 2, with its edgein engagement with theInunited and supported on the brim or flange Shouldany juices escapethrough the from is a run edges of the upper and lower crusts it willbrim 12 and said rim 1 3 be obvious that they will be prevented fromrunnin" onto the stove or oven floor by means of the rim 13 which willdirect them 7 of the pie.

By providing the slight depression or conedge 15 of the lower crust,both edges being QElSQUE till cavity in the wall 10 and'by flaringoutwardly the rim portion 13 and brim 12, it is obvious that thisparticular construction of pie plate will in no way interfere with theremoval of the pie, inasmuch as the knife may readily be insertedbeneath-the edges of the pie crust and then pass down below the body ofthe pie without damage thereto. What I claim as new and desire to secure19 by Letters Patent is:

A pie plate comprising a circular bottom a downwardly and inwardlysloping side means of a distinct fillet RICHARD M. SMYTHE brim and saidrim being run together by

